That's beautiful Alexis
on 16/1/02 1:20 am, Bill Erickson at erick...@hickorytech.net wrote: > I'm reminded that when I visited the Sistine Chapel the man in front of me > in line was blind, white cane and all. He seemed to be as moved as the rest > of us. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Murray" <mur...@uptowngallery.org> > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:21 PM > Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Alexis' debate of how and why. > > >> Hello: >> >> I'm deeply rooted in the 'how' first, before the 'why'. It's my nature to >> try and understand processes before I experiment with them, so thus far, > I'm >> mostly an 'armchair' pinholer (I spend alot of time planning great things >> rahter than doing them). >> >> I think there is some validity in this approach even in a more balanced >> case... >> >> I draw parallels among different artforms - >> >> To produce poetry of any depth, one has to learn the language >> ....vocabulary, grammar, style, >> etc, and study previous works. >> >> To produce music, one must learn and practice a great deal of mechanical > and >> theoretical matters before creating art. Someone once said of jazz, "you >> have to learn the rules before you can break them." Heretoo, one has to >> learn the language to 'speak >> >> Painting requires a mastery of technique to allwo the process or craft to >> deliver a feeling, rather than be an obstacle to expression >> >> Some people have told me "this is pinhole...just do it." I'm heading >> there...I just don't do well with a purely Edisonian approach (by gosh or > by >> golly results). I then don't know why something worked or didn't work. >> >> Getting to the 'why' part, I'm practicing with an SLR right now, taking >> shots of things I want to do in pinhole...I feel like maybe if I can learn >> to 'see' composition conventionally, it will give me better pinhole > results, >> since composing them is a 'blinder' approach. >> >> Speaking of blind photographers, which has been discussed here earlier, >> someone told me they met an artist recently who sold a painting to Stevie >> Wonder...I paused for a moment, trying to imagine what or how he would >> select, and she said that someone with him guided him and he selected one > by >> touching it. That was interesting, but that leaves us photographers out of >> the loop. >> >> Murray >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pinhole-Discussion mailing list >> Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? >> unsubscribe or change your account at >> http://www.???????/discussion/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
